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Chapter 2
CMS Upgrade Utility
If you have a previous installation of Netscape Certificate Management System
(Certificate Mana gement System), you can use the CMS Upgrade utility for
upgrading to Certificate Management System,version 6.01. The utility enables you
to upgrade from Certificate Management System version 4.2, 4.5, o r 6.0 to CMS
6.01.
There are three phases to upgrading from a previous CMS instance. This chapter
explains these phases in the following sections:
• Before Upgrading (page 17)
• Upgrading (page 21)
• After Upgrading (page 25)
Before Upgrading
Before upgrading from a CMS 4.2, 4.5, or 6.0 instance to a CMS 6.01 instance, you
must complete the following tasks:
• Backing Up Your Previous CMS Instance
• Locating Your Previous Security Databases
• Creating Your Previous Internal Database Fil e in LDIF Format
• Normalizing Your Previous Internal Database File